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<br /> ARDEN HILLS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES <br /> SEPTEMBER 29,2003 6 <br /> . <br /> Mayor ApIikowski asked if Council wanted to drop the lift station from this <br /> project. She stated she personally did not see a reason why they would want to do <br /> this. <br /> Councilmember Holden asked how much time the City had to respond if Lift <br /> Station 7 failed. Mr. Moore replied they had 33 minutes to respond if it failed. <br /> He noted they had just televised that line and found a major blockage. He <br /> recommended immediate replacement of this Lift Station for environmental safety <br /> reasons. <br /> Mayor ApIikowski asked what the possibility would be of the City putting in <br /> another $5,000.00 into the project to lower the resident's cost. Mr. Filla replied <br /> the City could finance a higher portion of this project. <br /> Councilmember Holden stated the City could pick up some of the administrative <br /> cost and only assess for the bid estimate. She stated the residents of the lake were <br /> . benefiting from this project. <br /> Mayor Aplikowski noted it was not the homeowners or this Council that created <br /> this problem, but she believed it needed to get fixed. <br /> Councilmember Grant stated he wanted the City to pick up all of the <br /> administrative cost and not charge this back to the residents. He noted the City <br /> may also be willing pay 60 percent of the cost of this project because the City <br /> owned a large portion of land. He stated the residents would then be paying 40 <br /> percent, and not 50 percent. <br /> Mr. Parrish noted in the preliminary 2004 budget, the City was nearly running at <br /> a deficit within the Storm Management Fund. However, if the Council was <br /> interested in increasing the funding, they could do an inter-fund loan. He noted <br /> this fund had the lowest fund balance and ran the potential for running a deficit in <br /> future years. <br /> Councilmember Grant stated it was his intent to make a fair decision and not <br /> base it on a fund balance. He indicated a ten percent increase would not deplete <br /> . the fund. He noted there were ways of funding, and the Council would need to <br /> discuss this in the future, but Council's decision should not be based on a fund <br /> balance_ <br />